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HYMN 79. L.M.
Eternal Life. (cont.)
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When rescued from th' impris'ning tomb,
A glory clothes our rising clay!
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Eternal life! O how refin'd
The joy! the triumph how divine!
When saints in body, and in mind,
Shall in the Saviour's image shine!
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Holy and heav'nly be that soul,
Where dwells an hope so high as this;
How should we long to reach the goal,
And seize the prize of endless bliss!
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HYMN 80. P.M.
Time and Eternity.
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LO! on a narrow neck of land,
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
Yet how insensible!
A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to yon heav'nly place,
Or — shuts me up in hell.
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O God, my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress;
Give me to feel their solemn weight
And save me ere it be too late;
Wake me to righteousness.
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Before me place, in bright array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nations at thy bar:
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,
To meet a joyful doom?
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Be this my one great bus'nesa here,
With holy trembling, holy fear,
To make my calling sure!
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HYMN 80. P.M.
Time and Eternity. (cont.)
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Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure!
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Then Saviour, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above;
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight
And everlasting love.
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HYMN 81. L.M.
The Seasons.
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THY providence, great God, we praise;
How good and great are all thy ways!
Thy bounty crowns our passing years,
And dissipates our anxious fears.
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Thy promise stands forever fast,
While sun, and moon, and earth shall last;
The laws of seasons shall endure,
Till time and stars are known no more.
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Summer and winter, cold and heat,
And night and day in order meet;
Seed-time and harvest, each succeed,
To prove thy love — supply our need.
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When years are past, and seasons o'er,
We still shall prove thy cov'nant sure;
And in the shining realms of bliss,
Adore thy goodness and thy grace.
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HYMN 82. C.M.
Summer - an Harvest song.
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TO praise the ever bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy pow'rs:
He calls, and at his voice come forth
The smiling harvest-hours.
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